Hi Jacque, I'm converted! Just not quite 100% there yet. If I'm not mistaken, I have the same right justification problem if I use a standard table.
I'd like to use the para style properties because no scrolling issues that way. I wonder if I can simulate the right justification.. maybe put the text into a hidden field, get its formatted width then somehow position it up against the tab on the right. I'm not using a monospaced font but perhaps that could be made to work somehow. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 5:46 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote: > On 11/17/12 6:11 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > >> Cool,that works well for what I want to do. I have one remaining issue >> though. I have set tab stops and the xGrid properties to make it look >> like >> a table, but I need one of the columns to be right-justified and I don;t >> think I can do that with this method since the textALign property applies >> to the whole line. >> >> May be I need to look at the more complex, arraybased, styledText >> property? >> > > The array is just a different representation of what you can do with the > individual commands. But you're right, alignment is paragraph-only, you > can't apply it to tabs. Sigh. And here I'd almost converted you. :( > > Back in the olden days when we had no other choice, we'd use a monospaced > font and add spaces to simulate column alignment. That's not so impressive > any more, though in some cases it still works. > > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > ______________________________**_________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
